Sunday, July 8. A day of driving along beautiful rivers, the Middle Fork of the Clearwater, then the Salmon. We left a state highway and a river for a climb through farmland with beautiful vistas. The river roads became packed with long lines of vehicles toting boats of all types, from big powerboats to kayaks and SUPs and rafts.
We finally left all that for the congestion known as Boise. We stopped at a WinCo, a big box grocery that doesn't take credit cards, and Sharon doesn't believe in debit cards. (Fortunately I have one for ATMs, and WinCo.)
A leg on I-84, with a speed limit of 80 (which killed our fuel mileage, though the driving up and down canyons had it ranging from 27 to 19 before settling around 24.x until the interstate), and then we were on US-20, flying across the arid prairie until we came upon a stop sign when Sharon yelled, "Turn right!" With Google Maps saying to continue straight and 3 cars behind me, I went straight and pulled over.
She thought we should visit Sun Valley, mentioned it once, but that wasn't enough for me to cancel our guidance to Craters of the Moon, but we made the U-turn safely and drove past Sun Valley to a National Forest Campground she found on Google (after returning a call from her Mom and calling Teri to call their Mom).
Less than 30 sites, the campground wasn't full, and we found a lovely site with a bike trail leading out of our site. And it was level. And the screenroom kept the bugs to a minimum. And Sharon's fresh salmon over bag salad was absolutely delicious. Life is Good.
Idaho Pictures are at https://photos.app.goo.gl/xuUcHQ6QC223skGfA
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